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The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door
Lifestyle
The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door
By Lanny Fuller
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Lifestyle
Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

A guide to the galleries, murals, sculptures, and musical performances worth seeking out between beach days.

By Lola Méndez
Wears My Beer: Duluth Trading Co. x Miller High Life Collection Wears My Beer: Duluth Trading Co. x Miller High Life Collection
Lifestyle
Wears My Beer: Duluth Trading Co. x Miller High Life Collection

Tailgates, bonfires, and kicking back with a cold one after a long day just got more stylish and functional for fall.

By Beau Hayhoe
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
Lifestyle
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

Our favorite places to stay, eat, drink, explore, and linger in one of Mexico's most captivating beach towns.

By Cool Material
Features
The Best Wine Glasses

Today's young wine industry takes things much less seriously than in years past. The colorful world of natural wine has hit the mainstream and, while many of the wines can look and taste just like traditional, commercial wine, there's a fun-first approach to drinking and enjoying wine. As such, the…

By John A. Paradiso
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Microsoft’s Flowspace Pod Brings At-Home Privacy to the Workplace

Despite what you may think, Microsoft is brand that's truly way more about everything but the Windows operating system you trust them for. Case in point--the Microsoft Flowspace Pod you see here. Designed by a Microsoft Office Envisioning Team led by Anton Andrews--and winner of a 2021 'Best of the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
The United States of Cocktails

Looking to up your cocktail game? Want to learn about the history of mixed drinks in the United States? Well, publisher Graphic Image has you covered with their leather-bound coffee table book The United States of Cocktails. This nearly 300-page tome features regional cocktails from coast to coast with beautiful…

By John A. Paradiso
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Entertainment
The 8 Best Movies You May Have Missed This Year

We're fast approaching the end of the year. And that means studios are flooding theaters (and, if they bother, streaming services) with movies that they want to convince you are must-sees. Some of them probably are. If you’re any kind of moviegoer, you’ll probably check them out. But as studios…

By Andy Crump
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Entertainment
The Best Film Noir for Noirvember

November is a time for turkey and growing facial hair. It’s a time for gratitude. It’s a time for sitting in the shadows with a handful of film noirs. You know those shadowy, cynical, effortlessly cool crime thrillers that proliferated throughout the 1940s and were fundamental to the movies’ development…

By Andy Crump
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